MATTER OF MacADAM


66 A.D.3d 1325 (2009)

886 N.Y.S.2d 842

2009 NY Slip Op 7738

In the Matter of VALARIE E. MacADAM, an Attorney, Respondent. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, Petitioner.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided October 29, 2009.


Per Curiam.

On November 18, 2008, respondent was convicted upon a plea of guilty in Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Scotland to embezzling £130,000 (approximately $178,000) from her clients and was, subsequently, sentenced to three years of incarceration.

Based upon her conviction, petitioner charges respondent with having engaged in illegal conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice adversely reflecting on her fitness as a lawyer, and having converted...

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